SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. House has approved a plan to turn northern Utah’s Golden Spike National Historic Site into a park that will boost its prominence. The proposal from Utah Republican Rep. Rob Bishop would make the site at Promontory Summit where the first transcontinental railroad in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 60-year-old man and a boy he’s suspected of kidnapping from Colorado were found near a southern Utah lake where they had been walking naked after asking for food and water from campers. Garfield County sheriff’s spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said David Glenn Freeman and the […]
Forecasters say the summer rains that fall on the Southwestern United States each year are on track to be slightly later but a little heavier than usual. Brian Klimowski, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Flagstaff, Arizona, said Monday the rains will likely start between July 6 and 9. He […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State officials say a toxic algae bloom has spread in Utah Lake near Provo making more areas unsafe for recreation. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality said in a statement Monday that it’s now warning people at Lincoln Marina, Sandy Beach and Utah Lake State […]
Two teen boys are facing felony evading an officer counts after a high speed chase in Glenwood on Friday night. According to the Sevier County Sheriff, Nate Curtis, the two sped off from a deputy and reached speeds of 77 mph in a 25 mph neighborhood. The deputy called off […]
A side by side accident in Richfield Saturday night left one man dead after he was ejected from the vehicle. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, 43-year-old Kerry J. Rainsdon of Delta passed away from his injuries, despite the best efforts of his friends and paramedics after the accident. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney is readying for a second chance to dispatch a state lawmaker who defeated him at the state Republican Party convention in the race for a Utah Senate seat. He’s competing with Mike Kennedy in a primary election Tuesday to replace U.S. Sen. Orrin […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rescues at Utah’s national parks are up 68 percent from 2014 — and men in their 20s are the ones most likely to need help, according to recent data. Most of the search and rescues from last year involved male hikers in their 20s, according […]
MT. PLEASANT, Per an official report from the Facebook account of the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office, a 66-year old male was pronounced dead in the Mt. Pleasant area as he had an ATV accident Friday. The sheriff’s office states the incident occurred in the Aspen Hills subdivision above the city […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Officials in one Utah city say they were caught off guard by a new state law requiring places with no homeless services to contribute sales tax revenue to cities with shelters. Logan Mayor Holly Daines told the Herald Journal that the law passed on the last night of […]
